The raise was actually just 9.5%. Nice but not really special. But beyond that I now am not working across state lines so I make an 8% raise--and that goes directly in my pockets because it's already been taxed by the Feds. On top of that my gas budget drops from about $400+ to $50-60 per month now that I work down the street.

That is why I'm so stoked about this position.

I don't blame you. I don't think I could handle all that long distance commuting, especially if it's around a big city with traffic and such. The tax reduction and gas money alone sounds like it will be a nice little raise.

I don't blame you. I don't think I could handle all that long distance commuting, especially if it's around a big city with traffic and such. The tax reduction and gas money alone sounds like it will be a nice little raise.

Oh my gosh. The city traffic was horrific. Not fun at all. 8 hours days would turn into 13 or 14 hours on the road.

But I couldn't take mass transit because I needed to be able to rove to a different branch in the middle of the day if the need arose.

It was a great opportunity and I learned a lot in such a short amount of time, but I won't miss the traffic or the extra time from home.

Oh my gosh. The city traffic was horrific. Not fun at all. 8 hours days would turn into 13 or 14 hours on the road.

But I couldn't take mass transit because I needed to be able to rove to a different branch in the middle of the day if the need arose.

It was a great opportunity and I learned a lot in such a short amount of time, but I won't miss the traffic or the extra time from home.

That sounds terrible. I don't mind traffic usually, mainly because I'm not subjected to it a ton, but if I had to deal with it regularly I'm pretty sure I would hate it.

You need to play some games with us NIP! Hopefully you can play the standalone with us. It will be a good time. Did you play TOR with us? It's hard to remember all the people who played TOR. Especially because we ended up getting so disjointed/fragmented when it came to leveling (I BLAME VIDAE BECAUSE HE'S A BIG JERK!).

That sounds terrible. I don't mind traffic usually, mainly because I'm not subjected to it a ton, but if I had to deal with it regularly I'm pretty sure I would hate it.

You need to play some games with us NIP! Hopefully you can play the standalone with us. It will be a good time. Did you play TOR with us? It's hard to remember all the people who played TOR. Especially because we ended up getting so disjointed/fragmented when it came to leveling (I BLAME VIDAE BECAUSE HE'S A BIG JERK!).

I didn't play TOR with you guys. That came out right when the wife was transitioning from a cushy job to a job that pays $600/mo. And I just couldn't afford the monthly cost. Things are definitely looking up since then.

I didn't play TOR with you guys. That came out right when the wife was transitioning from a cushy job to a job that pays $600/mo. And I just couldn't afford the monthly cost. Things are definitely looking up since then.

I will definitely make time/room/money for the standalone.

Ahhh, gotcha. I couldn't recall if you did or not. Still, it's all good.

Or if you ever want to play some BF3. We should all play it. BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME!

Yep, definitely. At least most of them are. I wasn't huge on Close Quarters or Aftermath but Armor Kill is amazing. Depending on price, they are worth it. I got them all for like..$15 a while back.

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Can you play online without the expansions?

Yes, you can. Just not the maps that are with the expansions.

Also, Vidae, STOP BEING LAME AND GET IT! Origins is just a tool in this case. Once you have BF3 everything just goes through Battelog basically.

I hate Origins as much as the next guy but it'd be silly to let it keep me from getting a game. Especially since Steam doesn't have it. Otherwise clearly I would have it on that.

Get it so we all can play!

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Originally Posted by brat316

what are the specs required for Day Z?

I want to see if I can play on my laptop, its a workstation, HP 8460W.

Nothing has been confirmed yet. Supposedly, it should not be as brutal on your PC though, despite better graphics, because of the new MMO architecture where everything has to spawn on the server side instead of the client.